Need to update your skills? Want to learn how you can use free Google tools to enhance your news gathering, reporting and storytelling? Yes, yes you do.

I'm a trainer with the Society of Professional Journalists, powered by the Google News Lab, offering no-cost Google training to newsrooms, media conferences and other journalism organisations. I've trained hundreds of journalists in everything from advanced search techniques and verification to quick and easy visualisations, including Google Trends, Public Data Explorer, Google Scholar, Google Maps, and Google Earth Pro.